Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

AQ1: FILING PERIOD BASE DATE REJECTED

THE FILING PERIOD BASE DATE MUST BE IN CCYYMMDD FORMAT, OR DOES NOT APPLY. 
VPD: WHSE PROCESS TYPE INVALID

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE WAREHOUSE ENTRY PROCESS TYPE MUST BE SENT IN THE D10 RECORD, POSITION 46 IF THE CLAIM TYPE INDICATOR IN THE D01 RECORD EQUALS 1. VALID WAREHOUSE PROCESSING TYPE CODES ARE: 1 EQUALS MANIPULATION, 2 = SMELTING OR MANUFACTURING.
VOR: REMOTE ENTRY/SUMM CERT MISSING

THIS MESSAGE RESULTS WHEN A FILER, WHO IS SET TO OPERATIONAL FOR REMOTE LOCATION FILING (AND THEREFORE BY DEFINITION FOR AII), SENDS AN 'E' IN POSITION 56 OF THE 10 RECORD BUT DOES NOT SEND A '1' IN POSITION 37 OF THE 30 RECORD WHICH IS A CERTIFICATION OF THE ENTRY SUMMARY, AN ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE.
ARZ: CANNOT CHANGE PROTESTANT ID

THE ID CANNOT BE CHANGED AFTER FILING AS PART OF AN AMENDMENT OR ADDENDA TRANSACTION. IT MUST MATCH THE ORIGINAL NUMBER USED TO FILE THE PROTEST OR CLAIM. 
VDQ: FTZ NUMBER MISSING

THE FTZ NUMBER IS MANDATORY FOR ENTRY TYPE 06. IF POSITIONS 60-79 ARE BLANK IN REC H2 OF THE HI APPLICATION, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. 
42D: EST TAX NO MATCH TO COMPUTED TAX

IR TAX ENTERED IS NOT WITHIN $3.00 OF COMPUTED IR TAX. 
EJE: DECLARATION INDICATOR MUST BE 'X'

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE ONLY CHARACTER THAT MAY BE TRANSMITTED IN THE C95 RECORD, POS 4, IS AN "X". ANY OTHER CHARACTER, INCLUDING A BLANK, WILL CAUSE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.  ANK FIELD, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. 
VAL: FW 3-177: LICENSE NOT ON FILE

THE LICENSE NUMBER WHICH IS TRANSMITTED IN THE FW02 RECORD, POS 45-50 MUST BE RESIDENT IN THE FWL FILE. THE LICENSE NUMBER IS ISSUED BY FSW TO IMPORTERS IMPORT OVER $25,000 ANNUALLY OF MERCHANDISE THAT IS SUBJECT TO FWS. CUSTOMS DOES NOT TRACK CUMULATIVE VALUES. THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FWS. FWS UP- LOADS THE U.S. LICENSE INFORMATION TO ACS ONCE A WEEK. IF A FILER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A U.S. LICENSE NUMBER AND ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT IT PRIOR TO THE UPLOAD, THEY SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE LOCAL FWS OFFICE FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON CLEARING MERCHANDISE UNTIL THE LICENSE IS RESIDENT IN OUR DATA BASE. THERE ARE NO EDITS TO REQUIRE THE USER TO TRANSMIT THE LICENSE NUMBER, BUT IF A LICENSE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED, THERE MUST BE AN EXACT MATCH WITH ONE OF THE LICENSE NUMBERS IN THE FWL FILE.
AR9: PROTESTANT ADDRESS INVALID

PROTESTANT TYPE "F" (FOREIGN) REQUIRES FOREIGN ADDRESS; PROTESTANT TYPE "O" (OTHER) REQUIRES DOMESTIC ADDRESS. DOMESTIC AND CANADIAN ADDRESSES AND ZIP CODES ARE VALIDATED AGAINST "CODE-1", ANY INVALID ADDRESSES OR ZIP CODES ARE REJECTED. U.S. ADDRESSES REQUIRE ABBREVIATED POSTAL CODE FOR STATE AND THE ISO CODE "US". CANADIAN ADDRESSES REQUIRE CANADIAN PROVINCE CODE AND THE ISO CODE "CA". THE CANADIAN POSTAL ZIP CODE IS ALSO REQUIRED. MEXICAN ADDRESSES REQUIRED THE CODE "FN" (FOREIGN) IN PLACE OF A STATE CODE AND THE IOS CODE "MX". POSTAL ZIP CODES ARE NOT USED FOR MEXICAN ADDRESSES.
VKI: HLT:DUPE DEF. NOT FOUND (HLT)

THE TABLE NAME/SEARCH NUMBER COMBINATION SPECIFIED TO BE DUPLICATED FROM DO NOT EXIST ON THE HLT DB. 
EIC: INVALID PAYMENT TERMS TYPE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). PAYMENT TERMS MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE C02 REC, POS 6-75. EACH PAYMENT TERMS FIELD HAS A TWO CHARACTER "PAYMENT TERMS TYPE", WHICH MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE C02 REC, POS 4-5. THE LIST OF VALID PAYMENT TERMS TYPES IS ON PAGE AII-8 OF THE CATAIR. THE USE OF ANY OTHER CODE, OR A BLANK FIELD, IN THIS ELEMENT WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE
C04: BRANCH CODE REQUIRED

IN RECONCILIATION ENTRIES, THE R17 REC, POS 11-12, PROVIDES FOR THE CLIENT BRANCH DESIGNATION OF THE FILER. THE DESIGNATION MUST BE FILLED IN IF THE FILER'S ABEI RECORD INDICATES A 'Y' FOR THE "CLIENT BRANCH" FIELD. 
BRK: AGGREGATE - RECON AMT < ORIGINAL

IF THE RECON IS AN AGGREGATE RECON, THE DUTY, TAX, AND FEES AS A RESULT OF RECON CANNOT BE LESS THAN THE ORIGINAL DUTY, TAX, OR FEES. AGGREGATE IS ONLY ALLOWED IF THERE IS NO CHANGE IN DUTY, TAX, FEES, OR IF THERE IS AN INCREASE.
89O: MPF REQUIRED

THIS ENTRY REQUIRES A MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE BUT NONE WAS ENTERED. MPF IS DUE ON ALL ENTRIES UNLESS OTHERWISE EXEMPT. SOME OF THE EXEMPTIONS ARE: -- ALL TARIFF NUMBERS IN CHAPTER 98, EXCEPT 98020060NN AND 98020080NN. -- ENTRIES FROM INSULAR POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. -- ENTRIES FROM CARRIBEAN INITIATIVE COUNTRIES (SPI E) OR LDDC COUNTRIES. -- INFORMAL ENTRIES (ALTHOUGH AN INFORMAL MPF IS REQUIRED AT THE ENTRY LEVEL.) -- NAFTA ENTRIES FROM CANADA.
VAB: FC 740:INV 03 APPROVAL IND

THE QUANTITY FOR AN 03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER CANNOT EXCEED 200 UNITS WITH PRIOR APPROVAL. IF QUANTITY EXCEEDS 200, REPORT PRIOR APPROVAL BY SENDING A "Y" IN POSITION 7 OF THE FC01 RECORD, DATA ELEMENT "03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER QUANTITY APPROVAL." THIS MESSAGE ALSO OCCURRED IN AN ENTRY WHERE THE FILER SENT A '1' IN POSITION 7 EVEN THOUGH THE QUANTITY WAS LESS THAN 200.
RB6: R21, R89 FEE CLASSES INCONSISTENT

ESSENTIALLY THE REVERSE OF MESSAGE 'RB5', THIS MEANS THAT ON THE 'RA' RECON SUMMARY TRANSACTION, THERE IS AT LEAST ONE 'R21' RECORD WITH A FEE CLASS CODE THAT DOES NOT EXIST ON ANY 'R89' RECORD. 
RC5: RCA RECORD NOT FOUND

NO RECON IMPORT TRAILER RECORD WAS FOUND FOR THIS ENTRY. 
4NF: NAME/ADDRESS RECORD NOT FOUND

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE 'KN' IMPORTER ADDRESS QUERY WHEN A FILER SENDS A NAME AND ADDRESS THAT IS NOT IN THE IMPORTER FILE. A COMMON MISTAKE IS A MISSPELLING OF THE CITY NAME (E.G. LAS VEGASAS).
ARE: ACTION CODE REQUIRED

WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS "F" (FOREIGN) OR "O" (OTHER), PROTESTANT NAME AND ADDRESS MAY BE CORRECTED BY FILING AN AMENDMENT DURING ANY REMAINING PORTION OF THE FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD, OR BY FILING AN ADDENDA AFTER THE FILING/ AMENDMENT PERIOD HAS CLOSED. A "C" MUST BE SUBMITTED IN THE ACTION CODE FIELD IN EITHER CASE. THE ACTION CODE FIELD CANNOT BE BLANK.
DKA: CONTRACT EXPIRED/REVOKED

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT IN THE DRAWBACK CLAIM HEADER (D11) OR THE CONTRACT TRAILER RECORD (D12) FOR ONE OF THE CONTRACT NUMBERS GIVEN, THE CONTRACT HAS EITHER EXPIRED OR BEEN REVOKED. 
SG6: 52 REC - CA SUGAR CERT REQUIRED

FOR THE ABI 'EI', THE 52 RECORD IS REQUIRED WITH SUGAR CERTIFICATE DATA IF THE C/O AND C/E ARE CANADA, THE TARIFF IS ONE OF THOSE IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING THIS DATA FROM CANADA AND THE DUTY-COMP AND EXPORT DATES ARE ON OR AFTER 0601199.
4A3: INVALID IN-BOND NUMBER

PAPERLESS MASTER IN-BOND NUMBERS (FORMAT VNN-NNNNNNNN) ARE TRANSMITTED TO ABI IN EITHER AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (EI 22 REC, POS 3-14) OR THE CARGO RELEASE DATA TRANSACTION (HI HA REC, POS 3-14). IF THE IN BOND NUMBER DOES NOT CONTAIN EIGHT DIGITS FOLLOWING THE CARRIER IDENTIFIER (VNN), THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. NOTE: IF THE EIGHTH DIGIT (CHECK DIGIT) IS INCORRECT, ERROR MESSAGE NUMBER 2CI (INBOND - INVALID CHECK DIGIT) WILL BE GENERATED INSTEAD OF THIS MESSAGE.
B31: MID NOT EQUAL MID ON VISA FILE

IF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN REPRESENTS AN "ELVIS" COUNTRY AND A VISA NUMBER IS REQUIRED THEN, THE MID NUMBER, AS PROVIDED BY THE ABI FILER IN THE EI (ENTRY SUMMARY) APPLICATION (60 RECORD), WILL BE VALIDATED AGAINST THE MID NUMBER ON THE ACS VISA FILE AS TRANSMITTED BY THE REPRESENTATIVE ELVIS COUNTRY. IF THE MID'S DO NOT MATCH THEN, THE TRANSACTION WILL BE REJECTED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED ERROR MESSAGE.
AGB: SUMMARY NOT CERTIFIED

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER, WHO IS SET TO OPERATIONAL STATUS FOR AII, SENDS AN 'E' IN POSITION 56 OF THE 10 RECORD BUT DOES NOT SEND A 1' IN POSITION 37 OF THE 30 RECORD, WHICH IS A CERTIFICATION OF THE ENTRY SUMMARY (ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE). THIS MESSAGE WAS CORRECT WHEN WRITTEN, BUT IT NOW (APR 2000) MEANS THAT THE CARGO CERTIFICATION (30 REC, POS 38) WAS OMITTED.
8D1: INVALID ABI BROKER

THIS ERROR WAS FIRST NOTICED IN JULY 2000. IT OCCURRED WHEN A FILER SENT A FDA ENTRY UNDER ONE DDPP/FFF 'A' RECORD, ACCEPTED ERROR FREE, THEN ATTEMPTED A 'CP' CORRECTION UNDER A DIFFERENT DDPP/FFF 'A' RECORD SITE.

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